The Maritime Board will report to Putin on new measures to respond to violations of maritime law.

The Presidium of the Russian Maritime Board has developed measures to respond to violations of maritime law by unfriendly countries, the press service of the board reported on January 21.

"The issues of ensuring the safety of navigation on strategic maritime communications have been considered. Special attention is paid to the issues related to the violation by unfriendly states of the norms of international maritime law," RIA Novosti reports.

It is specified that Nikolai Patrushev, assistant to the President of Russia, Chairman of the Maritime Board, will inform Russian leader Vladimir Putin about the results of the meeting and the measures developed to respond to violations.

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Russian Ambassador to London Andrey Kelin said on January 19 that Britain's plans to intercept ships would lead to the appearance of security ships. In addition, in his opinion, in the context of illegal arrests of ships, the market for services to counter this practice will grow, as it happens in waters with an increased threat of pirate attacks.

A day later, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced that the United States had not yet implemented the decision to release two Russian sailors from the seized Mariner vessel. The Minister acknowledged that the 1982 norms on the law of the sea could be outdated, therefore, he declared his readiness in Moscow to agree on the rules of conduct of countries on the high seas.

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